Zoo Day

Thursday was ZooTots, our monthly toddler class at the zoo. This month we learned about animals with spots and stripes.

Isn't Mollie getting big sitting in a chair at the table? She ate graham crackers while Ben participated. Ben looks goofy in this picture, but he's doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing, looking up at the teacher listening to her directions.

Ben did a great job making a tiger picture frame. He put on the stripes, while I helped with the whiskers and ears.

The finished picture frame. I didn't catch him blinking. He refused to open his eyes for the pic.

We saw live animals with stripes and spots. Mrs. Krissy brought in baby raccoons (trapped in the zoo office's attic) in a cage and they petted a python.

We actually did a lot more on Thursday that I didn't photograph. After ZooTots, we went with our friends and played at the new splash pad at the zoo. We bought tickets to ride the train, but decided to hold on to them until the next trip since it turned out to be field trip day and there were at least 400 kids at the zoo (usually there are about 10-15). We had packed picnic lunches, which we ate at the park. It was packed too since all the field trippers were having picnic lunches. Thankfully, as we were finishing lunch, the school kids began leaving so we ended up having the park all to ourselves to play. It looked like it was going to be a disappointing day for a while, no train and no playing in the park (since it was over run with much bigger kids), but we ended up having lots of fun.